Moving iPhoto folders into Aperture projects?

I haven't been quite convinced that I imported my iPhoto library correctly into Aperture. Following import, my Aperture sidebar has a series of new projects created since I started using Aperture. At the end of the projects, there is a folder "iPhoto Library" which holds all my photos in a series of yearly folders such as "2002", "2003", "2004", etc.

I have created a new project for 2002 and moved the folders from the iPhoto Library to the Aperture project-does this mean the iPhoto library is now in Aperture and will all edits remain in these photos?

When you import an iPhoto Library into Aperture everything in the iPhoto Library is place in a folder called iPhoto Library. Events in iPhoto are turned into Aperture projects in a subfolder called Events.

Under the iPhoto Library folder will be albums, smart albums and other containers from iPhoto. Remember iPhoto slide shows and books will NOT be carried over to Aperture. The images in those will be placed in albums with the names of those items.

My folder doesn't look like that; instead, I have the main iPhoto library folder followed by all my albums. It's possible I never created any events: instead, I categorized pictures by year, so it looks like this:

At first, I saw nothing except a series of pictures with dates. When I double clicked on one of the photos, all of the events suddenly appeared in the iPhoto library in a folder called events at the very bottom. It looks like all of these events are actual downloads into iPhoto over time.

Since I don't organize by roll/event, can I just move the photos in my iPhoto folders into projects or will this skew everything? I don't know that I can go back and reorganize the entire library from the events, though perhaps this is the only way to do it?

Finally, am I supposed to work with the iPhoto library in the iPhoto library folder or can I move the photos at will into new projects?

Sorry for all the questions. The program isn't as intuitive as I thought it would be (or at least working with the iPhoto library isn't).

The organization of the Aperture library is totally in your hands. The structure created when the iPhoto library is imported is there merely as a convenience. You are free to rearrange it as you wish.

Don;t worry about the questions that's why the forum is here. And don;t worry about coming to grips with Aperture right away. Most of us, even after years, are still learning things about the program. In my own case I imported my Aperture library at least a half dozen times before I finally got a structure I was comfortable with. And even after that I was and still am tweaking it.

Spend some time with the user manual it has a lot of useful information in it especially the first part on the structure of the library. Also The Aperture 3 book by Scoppettuolo is, imo, a useful addition.

Just make sure from the beginning you have a good working backup. Knowing you have the ability to roll back should anything go wrong is a powerful learning tool. You'll be more likely to experiment if you have the peace of mind of knowing you can get ti all back

I "imported" and "copied" my iPhoto library into Aperture. The iPhoto Folder structure - described elsewhere in this discussion thread - was created for me in Aperture. I "deleted" my old iPhoto Library by saving it on an independent, external hard drive (for safekeeping). Aperture works fine without the iPhoto Library present, however I am puzzled why I still have the iPhoto Library folder structure on the left column of my Aperture screen. When I try deleting this folder within Aperture, I lose all my photos (fortunately, "undelete" gets them back). I'm still on the learning curve with Aperture so this is probably a naive question, but could someone please explain why these iPhoto folders are still present when I'm supposedly independent from my iPhoto library now?

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